Saturday, March 5, 2011

Ok, it's time for more of your submissions showing the insane overuse of the word "artisan" and it's derivatives these days.

Before we get started, I should note that many of you have recently sent in excerpts from the J. Crew catalog using the words to describe their clothing, fabrics, and (for all I know) toilet paper. There were just too many of those to choose from.

First, I'd like to thank Doris for submitting a special banner for me to use here.

And we're off!

For those of you who find your nose is easily offended by generic pseudo-pheromone smells, there's now artisan cologne:

yeah... you need Mrs. Grumpy to do a guest spot...J Crew has artisan pants (look weird to me) and J Jill has artisan something-or- other...if Mrs. Grmpy is too busy, maybe that stylist to whom you gave short shrift needs to start writing for you. It is some wicked irony that in a time when NOTHING is really hand made, except maybe a clay thing in kindergarten, everyone is boasting about artisan things. How about some artisan surgery... no lasers, no computers, no tiny cameras... sounds Neandertal, right?

I'm wondering about the dentist. By definition, don't they all do their work by hand? Or his s/he more artisanal than the others? Because I'm picturing 18th century hand drills and gigantic pliers, maybe some of the tech the Ancient Egyptians used and um...no.

PS: the spell check in Chrome doesn't even recognize "artisanal" as a word.

Yip Ted, the wind has been blowing the rot over the Atlantic! It has started infesting South Africa too - in the past 2 weeks I have seen an ad for Artisanal-Something and some sort of Artisanal item in a shop (can't remember what they were) and thanks to Grumpy's gripe, I know that every Artisanal-Thingamajig I lay my eyes on, is going to set off the sirens in my brain! Ouch!

Your know what's going to be next, don't you? The patent to Fukitol will expire and they will make a big a better formula of Fukitol called Artisan Fukitol; it will be all the new rage. G-d help us all!

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